Resolution No. 07-21 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
TIGARD CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 07--i
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MANAGEMENT,
SUPERVISORY& CONFIDENTIAL GROUP PERSONNEL POLICIES ADDING PAID T"IML
OFF POLICY
WIIEREAS, the City Council of Tigard, Oregon has previously adopted Personnel Policies for the
Management, Supervisory & Confidential Group; and
WI-IEIZEAS, the City Council reviewed the proposed Paid Time Off Policy for the Management,
Supei6sory& Confidential Group at their March 27, 2007 meeting; and
WI IEI�EAS, the Paid Tune Off Policy is attached as Exhibit A.
NOW, THERE FORE, BE I't RESOLVED by the Tigard City Council that:
SECTION 1: The Personnel Policies for the Management, Supervisory & Confidential Group be
amended and adopted to include the Paid Time off Policy as listed in Exhibit A,
effective July 1, 2007.
PASSED: This ( y day of- 2007.
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Mayor.(, Cite of Tigard
ATTEST:
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City Recorder- City of Tigan
RESOLUTION NO. 07 - 1
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I tuman Resources
March 2007
Revisions to Personnel Policies — Management Supervisor- ,
Confidential Employee Group — EXHIBIT A
Policy No. 19.0 - Paid Time Off (PTO) Leave (Effective July1,
2002)
Effective July 1, 2007, Paid Time Off Leave is implemented for Management,
Supervisory, and Confidential Group employees who a) are employed in regular
full time or regular part time positions as of July 1, 2007 and b) who voluntarily
elect to participate in this program in lieu of receiving benefits under the
existing Management Leave (No. 9.0), Vacation Leave (No. 10.0), and Sick
Leave (No. 11.0) policies of the Management, Supervisory, Confidential
Personnel Policies. All new employees hired or promoted into the
Management, Supervisory, and Confidential Group after July 1, 2007 will
receive leave benefits under the PTO program and will not receive benefits
under the existing Vacation, Sick and Management Leave policies referenced
above. TPOA employees who were hired into a PERS-covered position
between January 1, 1996 and August 28, 2003 and who are subsequently
promoted into a Management Group position will also be allowed to elect to
participate in the PTO or remain under the traditional
vacation/sick/management leave policies at tie time of their promotion.
Accrual
Paid time off (PTO) leave is provided by the City in order to maintain the
employee's salary while unable to work due to illness or injury (for up to the
first 16 consecutive work hours) and so that die employee is able to take
approved vacation from work and be paid, subject to the employee's available
balance. PTO leave shall accrue at the following rates for full time employees
based upon years of service:
YEARS OF SERVICE ACCRUAL RATE/MONTH
0 to 6 months 6.0 hours per month PTO-
Probation; 40 hours credited at
the end of the probationary
period
beginning of 7 months of service 13.0 hours/month
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beginning of 1 year of service 14.0 hours/month
beginning of 6 years of service 16.0 hours/month
beginning of 11 years of service 18.5 hours/month
beginning of 16 years of service 20.0 hours/mondh
beginning of 20 years of service 22.0 hours/month
Paid Time Off will be credited as earned for each month of service or pro-rated
for each fractional month, expressed to the half month of service. Paid Time
Off will be posted at the end of each pay period in which it is earned.
Employees may not use PTO until it has been earned.
Management/Supervisory/Confidential Group employees shall be allowed to
accumulate accrued PTO leave up to a maxisnurn of one and three fourths
(1.75) tune their annual accrual rate. Employees may not accrue PTO beyond
the maximum limit. It is the employee's responsibility to schedule sufficient
time off so that he/she is not denied accrual of additional PTO.
PTO leave benefits for regular part time employees (twenty hours per week or
more) shall be accrued on a pro-rata basis according to their regular work
schedule.
Probationary Employees
From date of hire until the successful completion of their probationary period,
regular full time employees shall be credited with six (6) hours per month of
PTO ("PTO-Probation" leave). Regular frill time employees will be credited
with an additional 40 hours of PTO leave when they have completed their
initial probationary period. Part time regular employees shall be credited with a
prorated amount according to their regular work schedule.
Probationary employees who fail to successfully complete their probationary
period shall not be compensated for any PTO upon separation from City
service for any reason.
Use of Leave for Scheduled Absences
Subject to staffing requirements of the City, use of PTO leave shall be
scheduled in advance at the request of the employee. Employees will use
accumulated PTO leave, accrued compensatory (1\4-1, M-2 or M-3) time, or
holiday time for scheduled absences.
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Use of Leave for Unscheduled Absences
The employee will use PTO leave for absences of up to sixteen (16) work hours
due to illness or injury. If an employee is off work due to illness or injury for
more than sixteen (16) work hours for the same illness, the employee may
charge accrued Medical Leave for all but the first sixteen (16) work hours.
PTO Cash Out
With written approval of the department director,
Management/Supervisory/Confidential Group employees may receive pay in
lieu of one week of PTO leave each fiscal year, provided the payment is
requested in conjunction with taking a scheduled week of time off. Employees
may also receive pay in lieu of a second week of PTO each fiscal year, provided
an additional, not necessarily consecutive, forty (40) hours of time off is taken
off during the fiscal year.
Donation of PTO Leave
The city willallow employees to transfer accumulated PTO leave to a co--
worker with a serious injury or illness who has exhausted all accumulated leave.
Donations must comply with the "Management Group Vacation Donation
Policy".
Payment at Separation
All regular employees shall be entitled to payment for earned but unused PTO
leave upon separation from City service for any reason. In the event of a death,
the employee's heirs will be entitled to payment for unused PTO leave.
Medical Leave
The City provides Medical Leave for an employee who is unable to work by
reason of personal illness or injury, necessity of medical or dental care,
exposure to contagious disease, or critical illness in the employee's immediate
family. Employees may use Medical Leave where the employee is off work due
to serious illness or injury for more than sixteen (16) consecutive work hours
for the same illness or injury. Medical Leave may be used for all consecutive
work hours after sixteen (16), subject to the employee's available balance.
Medical Leave may also be used under the provisions of the City's family
Medical Leave Policy. For the purposes of this section, an employee's
immediate family shall be defined as: spouse, child, step-child, parent, step-
parent, sibling, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, grandparent-in-law,
domestic partner or any other person who is a dependent of the employee.
Accrual
Regular, full time employees shall accrue Medical Leave at the rate of 1.848
hours per pay period or 6 days per year for a full time employee. Medical Leave
for regular, part time employees working 20 hours or more per week shall be
prorated according to the regular work schedule. Medical Leave shall be posted
at the end of each pay period. There shall be no limit on the amount of Medical
Leave an employee may accumulate. Accumulated Medical Leave shall be
payable at the employee's regular straight time rate in an amount equal to the
time the employee would have normally worked.
Utilization
Medical Leave may not be used until it has been earned. Probationary
employees are allowed to use accrued Medical Leave.
In the event an employee is absent from work because of illness or injury that
is unscheduled, the employee shall, within a half-hour of their scheduled start
time, notify their supervisor of their reason for being absent. Employees must
notif, their supervisor each day they are absent except employees who are on
pre-approved Medical Leave such as Worker's Compensation or FML!-,. At the
discretion of the department director (or a required by FMLA), a physician's
certificate may be required before an employee is permitted to return to work
or to be granted Medical Leave. Documented abuse of Medical Leave shall
result in disciplinary action.
If an employee Wins out of Medical Leave, any additional work time missed will
be automatically deducted from the employee's accrued Paid Time Off,
compensatory or holiday time, If the employee has no paid leave time available,
the employee may be placed on leave without pay.
Medical Leave may not be used when an employee is actually performing the
work involved in a pre-approved outside employment agreement.
Physician's Certification
In cases of illness or disability as certified by an employee's physician, the City
has the light to obtain a second medical opinion to confirm the employee's
limited ability to perform the duties of their position or inability to return to
work. Such examinations shall be performed by a licensed medical practitioner
of the City's choosing and shall be paid for by the City. The consulting
practitioner shall submit a written report to the Human Resources Director
who will make a final decision regarding granting Medical Leave benefits.
Employees who refuse to submit to a second opinion examination may be
ineligible for the use of accumulated Medical Leave for the particular disability,
in question.
Conversion Option
Employees who have a Medical Leave balance of 514 hours or more may
choose to accrue .5 (one-half) hour of PTO leave per pay period for every
1.848 hours of Medical Leave,
Payment at Separation
No payment for accrued Medical Leave shall be made upon separation from
City service for any reason.
Workers' Compensation
In the case of on-the-job injuries/illnesses covered by workers' compensation,
the City's policy addresses employees on Personal Time Off (PTO) or under
Sick Leave, No. 11.0 of the Management, Supervisory, Confidential Group
Personnel Policies.
Sick leave or PTO accrued benefits are not available for any illness or injury
that is covered by workers' compensation benefits provided by the City or
another employer for tune-loss absences and appointments for required
medical/dlerapy procedures. The City shall make up the difference between
tune loss payments and the employee's regular net pay at the tune of injury.
The City shall continue to make the same contribution to all benefit programs
as would have been made if the employee had worked his/her regularly
scheduled hours of work. Whenever an employee receives a reimbursement of
worker's compensation time loss benefits, he/she shall endorse the check and
give it to the Financial and Information Services Department for deposit by the
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City. Time lost for injuries covered by workers' compensation will not be
charged to the employee's accumulated sick leave or PTO bank. If the worI:er's
compensation leave is for a qualified state or federal family leave purpose, such
leave of absence shall be granted against the employee's annual family leave
entitlement concurrently.
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